gis-tasks software package provides Debian GIS tasks for tasksel, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gis-tasks
gis-tasks is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gis-tasks package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gis-tasks *
You will get with gis-tasks package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | gis-tasks |
| Version | 0.0.4ubuntu4 |
| Description | Debian GIS tasks for tasksel |
| Sub Section | Misc |